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Cheating cheaters and the online video game companies that fight them
I'm so tired of cheaters in video games. Well, I mean, also cheaters at life, but we're on a video game website, so today,...
Cheaters who were banned from a $30M Fortnite tournament win their way back in
How does one who was banned for cheating in a Fortnite esports event make their way back into that same tournament? By having a...
Fortnite disqualifies pro player from $30M tourney over collusion scandal
Ya know, there three really good ways to ensure you're never going to win the $30M Fortnite World Cup. One is to not play....
Gamigo isn’t penalizing ArcheAge cheaters who exploited Erenor infusions
Fans of drama are surely breathing a sigh of relief knowing that Gamigo isn't going to drop the ball that Trion handed off -...
EVE Online cheater accidentally exposes himself in a hilarious way
We can probably all agree that cheating in an MMO is just not OK, but it can often be difficult for developers to positively...
Rockstar Games levels lawsuit against Australian Grand Theft Auto V cheat creators
It's certainly not uncommon these days to hear of game studios taking action against the authors of hacks and cheats for their games, but...
Taiwan has been banned from the Hearthstone Global Games due to cheating
Let's talk about stream sniping, shall we? As much as everyone would like for Hearthstone matches to be perfectly simultaneous around the world, it...
PUBG has banned 13M cheaters since 2017, rolls out new anti-cheat systems
You know what I'm really, really tired of? Freakin' cheaters. They aren't just cheating at the game itself; they are robbing all of us...
‘Frustrated’ Fallen Earth owners focus on thwarting cheaters, rewriting source code
As the summer has gone by, Little Orbit -- the purchaser of GamersFirst and all of its library of titles -- has found itself...
Riders of Icarus is turning players into bounty hunters with rewards for exposing exploiters
If you're tired of watching exploiters and cheaters wreck your favorite MMOs, maybe give some attention to Riders of Icarus, where Nexon is putting...
Black Desert has banned another batch of almost 600 speedhackers and botters
Good thing Black Desert kept that banhammer from the Hystria bans handy because it needed it again this week - in fact, it looks...
CSGO players petition Valve to revert strict skin trading rules
Readers of Massively OP will recall that over the past few years, skin trading in games like CSGO have made international headlines when the...
ARK Survival Evolved grants amnesty to players exploiting a bug since 2015
Hey, ARK: Survival Evolved cheaters! Your doom is nigh!... actually no your doom has been postponed, chiefly because so many people are cheaters, or...
Destiny 2 once again denies misidentifying cheaters in latest ban wave
When Destiny 2 launched on PC just two weeks ago, the cheater ban waves began. Players revolted, arguing that they hadn't been cheating and...
Fortnite cracks down on cheaters, banning ‘thousands’
Smack talk all you want, but cheaters aren't lasting long in Fortnite. In fact, apparently "thousands" of miscreants have been banned already.
Earlier this week,...
Black Desert censures Pearl Abyss Taiwan employees found cheating
Let this Black Desert story be a lesson. Actually, no, let it be two lessons: Don't cheat, and definitely don't cheat if your job...
Hacker claims to have made a living cheating in MMOs for two decades
Motherboard has a fun-slash-depressing piece out this week on an unnamed hacker who claims he's been cheating at MMORPGs to make a living for...
Blizzard cracks down on Overwatch aimbot cheaters
OK, cheaters, listen up. You're jerks, you're ruining the game for everyone, you're wasting developer time, which means you're wasting everyone's money, you're not...
Black Desert players claim to have dug up a massive infinite-gathering exploit
Over the weekend, Daum disabled shovels and empty bottles in Black Desert. Why? The "team discovered a bug with the current implementation" -- that's the...
Niantic’s banhammer smashes Pokemon Go GPS spoofers and botters
Bye, Pokemon Go cheaters.
Niantic confirmed in a blog post last night that it's cracking down not just on the cheat apps but on the...
